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davidcrossen

davidcrossen

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I have recently upgraded my Mac Pro 5,1 (mid-2012) by upgrading to 32GB of RAM and adding a 500GB SSD and retained my 1TB HDD.

I have made the SSD the startup drive by copying the contents of the the previous HDD (using Carbon Copy Cloner). This has left my 1TB HDD as free storage. I have heard that it is probably best to have the system and apps on the startup disk (the SSD) and that my logic projects should go on the other drive (the HDD).

The SSD is big enough to hold the system, applications and the Logic X libraries. Is it best to keep the Logic Libraries on the SSD (the default location) or is it better to move the libraries to the second HDD and create symbolic links (or aliases) to the new location? What are the pros and cons of such a setup?
Where would be the best place to put any additional libraries I install?

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Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks,

Dave
 
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You have a beast of a machine!
Keep the Logic content on the SSD.
Record your Logic projects to the 1TB HD.
If you plan to install large sample librarires, consider adding another internal SSD for them. A separate drive for OS/apps, projects, and sample libraries, means each drive is performing a specifc function and running more efficiently.
 
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Hi CSeye,

Yeah, it is a bit of a beast - way more powerful than my old MacBook Pro 4,1 laptop setup. That's why I've spent the money to beef it up - hoping to get a good few years from it. The extra memory and SSD will hopefully have future-proofed it for a wee while at least.

Thanks for the advice - that's pretty much what I was thinking.
If I was sticking with the 2 drives for now, would additional libraries be better on the SSD or the 1TB HD? I don't have any additional huge sample libraries as yet, although I'd like to get some soon.
 
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If there is space on the SSD, then install your libraries on it as the SSD will have faster seek times. But you could also place them on the ITB HD if it's a 7200 rpm.

Either way, you're good to go.
 
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